Maple Leafs' Auston Matthews: Two-point night in OT win in Game 3
Matthews had a goal and an assist in a 3-2 overtime win over Ottawa in Game 3 on Thursday.
His goal was one of those SportsCenter moments. The Leafs rimmed the puck behind the net where Mitch Marner deftly touch-passed the puck right onto Matthews' stick. The puck was behind Linus Ullmark so fast that the netminder hadn't even pivoted his head in the direction of the puck -- he was actually still looking over his opposite shoulder as the shot was taken. It was nice to see Matthews get more offensive-zone time in this game. Head coach Craig Berube had used both Matthews and Marner in heavy rotation on starts in the defensive zone in Games 1 and 2. Matthews is one of the best two-way players in the world, so the defensive-zone starts make sense, even if we'd like to see a lot more offense from him.
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